Theatres, DVDS and Hollywood's Bottom Line

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Theatres, DVDS and Hollywood's Bottom Line

Listen Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2006 at 1:37 p.m. in Arts & Culture

If a movie came out on DVD and cable the same day that it premiered in the theatre, would you still pay to see it on the big screen? Director Stephen Soderbergh is shaking up Tinseltown with the "simultaneous release" of his new film "Bubble." We look at what this could mean for Hollywood's bottom line and your movie-going experience.

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Joe Barber

Arts Critic, WTOP; WETA's "Around Town"; Arts Columnist, The Current Newspapers

Martin Grove

"Filmmaker Focus" columnist, The Hollywood Reporter Online

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